Angry that he had been told to leave a Chard pub, a man sought revenge and swung his pint glass towards a customer who was ejecting him, smashing it on his head.

Max Ryan Hartley had been thrown out of the Dolphin Hotel earlier that day, but when the landlady noticed he had crept back in and was ordering more drinks she asked for the help of several patrons to get him to leave.

When they tried to push him out of the main door into a nearby alleyway Hartley shouted "Why am I banned?" and then assaulted the male.

Fortunately, he only received minor injuries and no cuts or lacerations as he was wearing a beanie hat at the time.

Hartley, 24, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to assaulting Michael Druce by beating him at Chard on December 23 last year when he appeared before Somerset Magistrates.

Emma Lenanton, prosecuting, said that Mr Druce was drinking at the Dolphin Hotel with work colleagues at noon and they became aware of Hartley's presence.

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Whilst the victim was outside having a cigarette he saw the defendant who he believed had been ejected from the pub earlier that day and Hartley then went into another pub over the road.

"The victim returned inside and at 3.30pm the same day he saw Hartley who was inside the Dolphin and was ordering some drinks," she said.

"He was aware that Hartley was stood behind him holding a pint and alerted the landlady who asked him and another patron of the pub to ask the defendant to leave.

"As they were doing this Mr Druce had to push him out of the main door into an alleyway and Hartley was shouting "Why am I banned? Why have I been chucked out?"

"The defendant then began swinging his pint glass towards the victim's head causing it to smash and it caught him just below his ear. Fortunately it did not cause any injury as he was wearing a beanie hat."